"It doesn't matter if you mean to do the right thing - if you only do bad things. You need to learn how to do right things. Doing is what affects people."
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"Our generation has the ability and the responsibility to make our ever-more connected world a more hopeful, stable and peaceful place."
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"You know, I get much more Jewish in Israel because I like the way that religion is done there."
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"I also feel I'm a positive role model by not putting my education on hold."
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"No one can live without friendship, because what would you do all day without friends?"
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"I grew up in the classic American-Jewish suburbia, which has a whole different sense of what it means to be Jewish than anywhere else in the world."
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"Small loans can transform lives, especially the lives of women and children. The poor can become empowered instead of disenfranchised. Homes can be built, jobs can be created, businesses can be launched, and individuals can feel a sense of worth again."
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"There's always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you're happy with the looks you're born with, then what are you going to do your whole life? We keep thinking up new things and finding better ways of doing things because we're not happy with what we're given."
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"I have nice ears. I have no lobes, which was disappointing for a while, but I've gotten over it and learned to love them. Being lobeless isn't the end of the world"
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"'Star Wars' hasn't changed my life at all."
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"The more money a woman has, the more educated she is, and the more educated she is, the more she knows about how to prevent pregnancy, and also has more reproductive control - she feels a greater ability to say no to a man when she doesn't have to depend on him for money."
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"You have to be careful when you're getting feedback because people will give you conflicting feedback all the time, but ultimately you end up following your own inner guide."
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"I learned to observe other people - that’s sort of what it teaches you. To pay attention. Which can also be a really natural human skill so I don’t think I’m better equipped than other human beings."
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"In real life I'm not the one who's playing with guns or smoking."
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"Sometimes people say something to you and you're like, "I respect you so much, I love what you do, but I disagree. I don't think that's right for the way I see it.""
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"My father has a general rule. He says if I haven't done it in real life I shouldn't do it on-screen."
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"Basically I have, like, five really close friends - girls and guys. I like being friends with both because you can do different things with both."
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"The good news is we have the technology and the tools to alleviate poverty on a global scale. All that is standing in our way is education and will."
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"I'm not a perfectionist but I'm definitely, or well, I like discipline. I'm obedient. I'm not a perfectionist."
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"Where I live, nobody who's fourteen is having sex and doing major drugs. And I think if you see it in the movies, you may be influenced by it. I think it's so important to preserve your innocence."
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